I could not agree with you more. It seems you and I share almost the same life. College graduate, job in the software industry, independent and foreign film viewer (in the theather when they are offered), exotic food lover. Heck, I even go to the gym more days a week than not. Tonight I spent five hours playing one game, and if things go well, I will do the same tomorrow night. But I still get out, not because of any sense of obligation, but becasue it is sometimes enjoyable. In all fairness, though, there are many things I would set to the side so that I can play more games. It does not, however, affect my job, health, or relationships. You cannot define addiction simply by the number of hours spent in an activity.
I see it this way. I don't mind the "purile" content in the gaming mag, as long as it doesn't detract from the content that the mag is supposed to be providing. On the other hand, I don't get all excited about it, either. Just like I don't go to see a movie just because it has an attractive actress in it that I am terribly fond of; I'm not going to buy a gaming mag because it has Shannon Elizabeth on the cover; I'm going to buy it becasue it has a HL2 full-coverage review in it. As far as (in RE to previous posts) "hiding sex from children"--well, not to get too started on it, but that whole idea bugs the heck out of me. I mean, sex is treated as this huge secret, but everybody does it. Boogles the mind. Note: Sorry, forgot I was on slashdot--not eveyone does it, but there are many, many people outside of slashdot that do;)
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I could not agree with you more. It seems you and I share almost the same life. College graduate, job in the software industry, independent and foreign film viewer (in the theather when they are offered), exotic food lover. Heck, I even go to the gym more days a week than not. Tonight I spent five hours playing one game, and if things go well, I will do the same tomorrow night. But I still get out, not because of any sense of obligation, but becasue it is sometimes enjoyable. In all fairness, though, there are many things I would set to the side so that I can play more games. It does not, however, affect my job, health, or relationships. You cannot define addiction simply by the number of hours spent in an activity.
Am I the only one who finds the humor in a woman-friendly game called "'Booby' Trap"?
I agree with you completely! Do you happen to have references to quotes concerning children from all those people you listed?
I see it this way. I don't mind the "purile" content in the gaming mag, as long as it doesn't detract from the content that the mag is supposed to be providing. On the other hand, I don't get all excited about it, either. Just like I don't go to see a movie just because it has an attractive actress in it that I am terribly fond of; I'm not going to buy a gaming mag because it has Shannon Elizabeth on the cover; I'm going to buy it becasue it has a HL2 full-coverage review in it. As far as (in RE to previous posts) "hiding sex from children"--well, not to get too started on it, but that whole idea bugs the heck out of me. I mean, sex is treated as this huge secret, but everybody does it. Boogles the mind. Note: Sorry, forgot I was on slashdot--not eveyone does it, but there are many, many people outside of slashdot that do ;)